Be surrounded by extraordinary ideas – and the people who discover them

Take your research further with state-of-the-art infrastructure

Monash is full of thinkers and doers who are looking for their next challenge. So if you’ve forged a rewarding career so far, this role provides the perfect platform to join us. You’ll have access to quality research facilities, infrastructure and teaching spaces to do exciting work, along with opportunities to collaborate internationally. You’ll be part of a university that’s made up of inspirational, challenging thinkers and doers – and continue doing work that makes a lasting impact.

The Opportunity

Nursing and Midwifery is one of the largest schools for the education of nurses and midwives in Australia, the school offers courses at two Monash campuses – Clayton and Peninsula. The school comprises approximately 2000 students undertaking undergraduate and postgraduate courses using a range of delivery modes. Nursing and Midwifery offers high quality tertiary degrees in a vibrant and supportive learning environment to prepare students for a rewarding career in healthcare. Nursing and Midwifery aims to build on existing capacity to lead innovative nursing curricula and modes of delivery.

For this business critical role we are seeking an experienced academic to be responsible for fostering and growing collaborative educational research with the aim of placing Monash Nursing and Midwifery at the forefront of educational research nationally and internationally

The Associate Professor (Education Focused) will be expected to provide academic leadership in educational research and the educational endeavours of Monash Nursing and Midwifery. The role requires the incumbent to make a significant contribution to the key activities of the organisational unit of Nursing and Midwifery, in particular, oversight and leadership of curriculum design, development and delivery for all Nursing and Midwifery programs.

As the ideal candidate you will have:

Successfully completed a PhD, or equivalent research achievement as demonstrated by published work in an area relevant to nursing including educational research

Evidence of substantive education scholarship and or research experience

Demonstrated ability to generate research income, including from both traditional and more innovative sources of research funding to support educational research

This role is a full-time position; however, flexible working arrangements may be negotiated.